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Gender Reassignment Discrimination Solicitors

Facing discrimination at work because you’re trans or non-binary is something no employee should have to deal with. Our discrimination lawyers are committed to upholding the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, and can offer you support and representation if you’ve been treated unfairly.

An employer could discriminate against you because of your gender identity by:

Unfairly dismissing you

Constructively dismissing you

Choosing you for redundancy

Overlooking you for promotion

Harassing, bullying or victimising you

Changing your duties or demoting you.

Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic listed in the Equality Act 2010, so you have the law on your side. Our experienced solicitors can help if you’ve been discriminated against.

If your employer has treated you badly because you’re trans or non-binary, our experienced discrimination solicitors could help. . Whether you need help going through the grievance process or representation at an Employment Tribunal, we’ll fight your corner to get you the outcome you deserve.

You can call us for informal advice from one of our experts, or simply fill in our online form and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

What Services Do We Offer?

If you think you’ve been discriminated against but don’t know where to go for advice, give us a call to speak to one of our experts. They’ll talk to you about your situation and advise you where you could go next, should you want to move forward with your case.

We can:

Support you if you want to make an informal complaint or go through your employer’s grievance process

Negotiate with your employer to reach an out-of-court settlement

Represent you at an Employment Tribunal, appeals and at court if your case progresses that far.

Our lawyers have a strong track record of settling workplace discrimination cases out of court. You’ll have our full support throughout the whole process, whether you need to go to court or not.

Who Can We Help?

We can help you if you’ve been treated unfairly because:

You’re transgender or non-binary

Someone has mistakenly identified you as transgender or non-binary (discrimination by perception)

You’re connected to someone who is transgender or non-binary (discrimination by association)

You can make a claim whether or not you’ve undergone any gender-affirming surgery or other medical treatment.

If you’ve experienced discrimination, it probably falls into one of the following four categories:

Direct Discrimination – when you’re treated worse than another person in a similar situation because you’re transgender. For example, if you’re a salesperson who comes out as trans, and your employer immediately stops allowing you to have contact with customers.

Indirect Discrimination – when a rule or policy at your workplace puts transgender people at a disadvantage.

Harassment – when someone makes you feel humiliated, offended or degraded because you are transgender. Examples of this would be bullying, intentional mis-gendering and deadnaming (intentionally using your old name if you now use a new one to match your gender identity).

Victimisation – when you’re treated badly after making a complaint about gender reassignment discrimination, or supporting a colleague who has complained themselves.

Behaviour doesn’t have to be intentional to be discriminatory – call us today on 0207 650 3999 to find out more about how we can help if you’ve been affected.

Our lawyers have particular experience representing senior professionals, executives and directors. So no matter how large or corporate your place of work is, we’ll be able to help regardless.

Why Choose Us?

Workplace discrimination can be incredibly stressful and difficult to cope with. We offer support and guidance so you feel empowered to assert your rights, and will fight to get you the justice you deserve.

Our gender reassignment discrimination solicitors are committed to achieving the best possible outcome for you, and have years of experience dealing with employment discrimination cases. We’re also proud members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Programme, sharing their vision for a truly equal and inclusive workplace.

Our employment law team is recognised as one of the best in the UK, rated in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Our lawyers have a strong track record of getting the best possible outcome for the people they represent. This often involves securing financial compensation, protecting your reputation or making sure you get a positive reference for your next job.

We deal with all kinds of businesses, from large corporations to small independents – so we’ll be able to help no matter where you work. We pride ourselves on offering a supportive and compassionate service, and keep you in the loop every step of the way.

Contact us

Call us on 0207 650 3999 to speak to one of our team about your discrimination claim.

Your first step should usually be to raise your concerns directly with your employer and give them the chance to resolve the issue internally. If this doesn’t lead to a conclusion that you’re happy with, you can start the formal grievance process.

If the formal process still doesn’t satisfy you, it’s time to consider going to the Employment Tribunal. The first step towards this is to start the ACAS early conciliation process. ACAS helps you and your employer to try and settle the dispute out of court. This process can take a month and can be extended by two extra weeks if you and your employer agree.

When the ACAS early conciliation process ends, you’ll be given an ACAS certificate. If your dispute is still unresolved at this point you can issue a claim in the Employment Tribunal. Your employer will get a copy of your claim and they have 30 days to send their defence.

The Tribunal will then set a date for a full hearing in six to nine months. We’ll work with you to prepare your case during this period. Going through the full Employment Tribunal process may feel long and stressful. We’ve been through it many times before so will support and guide you through each step.

Time limits

It’s important to contact us as soon as possible. You have three months minus one day to from the last act of discrimination to start the ACAS early conciliation process. These time limits can come up very quickly, so you need to move fast.

If your claim goes to the Employment Tribunal or to court, the outcomes could be:

Compensation

Declaration of your rights

Recommendation to your employer to stop the discrimination from happening again.

If we settle your claim through negotiation, we may be able to get a reference and an apology for you, as well as a confidentiality agreement and terms which protect your reputation. Reaching a settlement this way can be less stressful than going to court or the Employment Tribunal. In our experience it’s also likely that you’ll receive a more favourable compensation settlement through negotiation.

Shah Qureshi is highly esteemed for his work, pursuing the cause of discriminated professionals against large corporate entities."

Chambers & Partners, 2019

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Exceptional Experience

Exceptional experience of claimant work and high-quality judgement"

Legal 500, 2020

Excellent And Savvy Team

They are an excellent and savvy team with huge strength"

Chambers, 2020

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